The Boston home games were played at Braves Field instead of Fenway Park because the former venue could accommodate bigger crowds. The Boston team became the second to win three world championships, twice as the Red Sox and once as the Americans.

Red Faber and Hippo Vaughn both tied Christy Mathewson's 1911 World Series record of 27.0 innings pitched. Lefty Tyler set a World Series record by issuing eleven walks -- a record tied by Lefty Gomez in 1936 and Allie Reynolds in 1951.

In 1920, eight members of the White Sox -- Cicotte, Williams, Jackson, Felsch, Gandil, Risberg, Weaver and McMullin -- were charged with conspiring to fix the outcome of the 1919 World Series. All were acquitted but subsequently banned from baseball by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Game 5 was heralded as "the most unusual game in World Series history" because Elmer Smith hit the first-ever World Series grand slam, Jim Bagby became the first pitcher ever to homer in a Fall Classic, and Bill Wambsganss turned an unassisted triple play (pictured, left). Pete Kilduff was on second and Otto Miller on first when Clarence Mitchell came to the plate. Wambsganss speared Mitchell's line drive, doubled up Kilduff who had started for third, and turned to tag Miller, who was coming to second from first.

This was the first "Subway Series" but the second all-city world championship; the honor of being first in that category goes to Chicago (1906). This was the first World Series to be played in one ballpark. Yankees pitcher Waite Hoyt pitched no-run ball for 27 innings -- but still lost Game 8 because the Giants scored an unearned run in the first on an error. Babe Ruth (who hit 59 homers in the regular season) collected his first World Series homer in Game 4.

The previous three World Series had been played in a best-of-nine format. In 1922 the format returned to best-of-seven. Game 2 was the third tie game in World Series history -- and the last. Babe Ruth went 2-for-17 (.118 average).

1923 was the first time that over $1 million in gate receipts were recorded for a World Series. Babe Ruth batted .368 in the series, with three home runs, a triple, a double, and two singles. Casey Stengel, who would go on to become the Yankees' most famous manager, won the first game for the Giants with an inside-the-park homer in the 9th to break a 4-4 tie.